"So it shall be when all these things have come upon you, the blessing and the curse which I have set before you, and you call them to mind in all nations where the LORD your God has banished you, and you return to the LORD your God and obey Him with all your heart and soul...then the LORD your God will restore you from captivity, and have compassion on you...Moreover the LORD your God will circumcise your heart and the heart of your descendants, to love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul, in order that you may live... the LORD will again rejoice over you for good, just as He rejoiced over your fathers..."
There is something unbelievable about God. Knowing the proneness and possibility of sin in His people, He moves way ahead of our sin to find a way to already mend the broken relationship. It's difficult for us to comprehend this kind of love that, though slapped in the face, will seek a way to make friendship possible again. God, like the father with the prodigal son, is always looking for our full return, full reconciliation and full restoration. Then "The LORD will again rejoice over you for good..." He knows that the broken relationship was the result of our sin, which is the turning of our face full toward self and away from Him. Like a car that pulls to the right or left because it is out of alignment, so the soul will do with God. Most of us are quick to get this kind of problem fixed in our car, not only because we don't want to fight it but also because we don't want to wreck it. How much more should we seek to take care of this problem of the soul, in order that you may live? Knowing this bent of the soul, and it's sad consequences, out of this incredible love of His, God seeks to change the condition of our heart so we won't do this to ourselves anymore. That's exactly what He sets Himself to do, to transform us on the inside so we won't bring on ourselves our own death. How is He going to do this? Moses says, "Moreover the LORD your God will circumcise your heart and the heart of your descendants, to love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul, in order that you may live." Hold on to this truth. This is where God is headed and He comes back to it over and over again. Now you you'll know it when you see it! This is God's most incredible promise and provision for every human soul, if they'll take it. Will you take it?
There is something unbelievable about God. Knowing the proneness and possibility of sin in His people, He moves way ahead of our sin to find a way to already mend the broken relationship. It's difficult for us to comprehend this kind of love that, though slapped in the face, will seek a way to make friendship possible again. God, like the father with the prodigal son, is always looking for our full return, full reconciliation and full restoration. Then "The LORD will again rejoice over you for good..." He knows that the broken relationship was the result of our sin, which is the turning of our face full toward self and away from Him. Like a car that pulls to the right or left because it is out of alignment, so the soul will do with God. Most of us are quick to get this kind of problem fixed in our car, not only because we don't want to fight it but also because we don't want to wreck it. How much more should we seek to take care of this problem of the soul, in order that you may live? Knowing this bent of the soul, and it's sad consequences, out of this incredible love of His, God seeks to change the condition of our heart so we won't do this to ourselves anymore. That's exactly what He sets Himself to do, to transform us on the inside so we won't bring on ourselves our own death. How is He going to do this? Moses says, "Moreover the LORD your God will circumcise your heart and the heart of your descendants, to love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul, in order that you may live." Hold on to this truth. This is where God is headed and He comes back to it over and over again. Now you you'll know it when you see it! This is God's most incredible promise and provision for every human soul, if they'll take it. Will you take it?
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